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Supernal and Blade Urban Air Mobility are teaming up on the development of advanced air mobility (AAM) networks and fleet management operations using Supernal’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the companies announced at this week’s National Business Aviation Association 2024 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(DroneDJ) – The FAA has granted the Campbell Police Department in Santa Clara County the first waiver for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations as part of the department’s Drone as a First Responder program.

Helicopter Institute has added a Bell 429 helicopter and a new Level 5 flight training device (FTD) to its training fleet in support of its Beyond Factory Training initiative.

Introducing the VAI Debrief, a concise, easy-to-read guide to the latest FAA regulations. Each VAI Debrief quickly breaks down an FAA regulation into simple, easy-to-understand language, keeping you up-to-date about the issues most important to your vertical aviation business.

The FAA has issued a new rule that removes expiration dates from flight instructor certificates, among other changes. To learn how this rule could affect you, see inside.

The FAA has updated the rule regarding flight-time logging and flight instructor privileges, with significant impacts on public aircraft operations and experimental aircraft. To learn how this rule could affect you, see inside.

Apex Heli-Support is hosting a fly-in for owners, operators, pilots, and maintenance technicians of the MD 500 series and the Boeing AH/MH-6 Little Bird this weekend from Oct. 25–27 at Wickenburg Municipal Airport in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Safran Helicopter Engines has agreed to supply its support-by-the-hour service for the Arrius 2R engines on the fleet of Bell 505s in operation with Reignwood Aviation Group of Beijing, China.

The Tochigi-based company has placed an order for a third Bell 505 to primarily support agricultural operations. Heli Service, which also operates a Bell 206, provides charter, aerial filming, disaster relief, and aircraft leasing in addition to agricultural services.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 73–Engine Fuel & Control–Electronic Engine Control Unit–Software Update and ATA 73–Engine Fuel & Control–Preference Injector–Non-Extinguishing Test/Replacement, becomes effective Nov. 1, 2024.